Some years ago, when our children were little, I planned a big family trip – the first of its kind for our young family. I spent months planning, mapping, discussing with my husband how it could work. I worked out…
How Well Can You Fly It When Everything Goes Wrong
Though I have never piloted a plane, I learned a valuable lesson from one who has. Years ago, as a teenager, I read an article written by Robert E. Wells about his experience learning to become a pilot. It came…
The Power of Suggestion
Yup! We’re still trying to farm here, (though the weather is making it extremely difficult) so, I think there is time for another farm story. 🙂 Working out in the fields always seems to be time pressured – “the dew…
I Don’t Believe in Looking Only to the Future
The farm taught me a valuable lesson this week. Looking behind is necessary – not only when driving a tractor, but in life. I’m a pseudo farmer. My husband is the real farmer. And because I’m a transplant to this…
In Times of Distress
What do you do to see you through times of distress? As I am writing this, it is raining hard outside. Thunder. Lightening. Water leaking though our mudroom roof and standing water getting deeper in our yard. The problem is,…
World in Commotion
So much of the world around us is in commotion. There are natural disasters occurring more and more frequently and of such magnitude as to overwhelm us as individuals and as nations. There are also man-caused tragedies that cause our…
Grateful for a Bee Sting?
While enjoying a pleasant evening of playing board games with some of my children, my daughter had loaded up my swing chair with kittens and as I reached over to keep a kitten from falling off, a bee had crawled…
